I forgot how tiring it was to shop all day. My feet are aching as much as my head (mmm, sex on the beaches are so good!) right now. Anyway, that’s all you’ll probably need to know about my trip. I’ll be back as of tomorrow night, so don’t worry – you can take the girl out of Toronto but you can’t take the Toronto out of the girl! EW… I can’t believe I just said that. But this is true, my friend, as I was blatantly cheering for the Leafs in the restaurant during the Habs game. Strange looks all around were given; even from my sister.

Back in Toronto…

One thing I would love to attend, but can’t when I return would be Tuesday night’s dynamic bill of Julie Doiron, Mt. Eerie, Calm Down It’s Monday and Wyrd Visions at the Church of Redeemer. Stupid work. But if you aren’t busy, I’d highly recommend this show as Julie Doiron is amazing live and her on the drums for CDIM is too adorable for words. Tickets are still available at Rotate and Soundscapes and this show is also early and all-ages!

While you’re at those record stores purchasing tickets, you may as well pick up some exciting new releases, no? Start with the new record by Land of Talk (who are on tour with singer, Liz Powell’s new buddies, Broken Social Scene) and gradually move your way to the new Deerhoof album. There are tons of new albums coming out soon, so trust me, it’ll be impossible to leave a record store empty-handed. Plus, Sebastien Grainger’s highly-anticipated record will finally be released on October 21st!

But if you’re feeling too lazy and/or poor to go out, you can always just tune in to Mother Mother on CTV’s Canada AM on Thursday, October 16th. It’s free and you don’t have to get off your ass – it’s a win-win.

Wanna do some reading too? Well apparently Pitchfork will be publishing a “music guide” of 500 must-hear songs. Thank goodness, there will be no album reviews included in this book. Sounds quite interesting, I guess. As reported by the kind folks at Pitchfork, the book will be gracing book shelves on November 11th. So if you don’t have 6 textbooks or novels to read for school, pick this up. But also pick up SPIN magazine’s 20 Years of Alternative Music – great book!

That’s it for now, my friends… GO LEAFS!

Musically,
Melody